Linux Graphic Stack相關的名詞
Linux graphic 架構還滿複雜的, 在看時需要大略了解几個名詞及之間的關係. X Window System: 目前來到第11版本所以叫X11, 是以X window System Core protocol為基礎的window system. wayland: 由於X11太過複雜且在embbeded system中的效能不佳, 用來取代X window System Core protocol. weston (wayland compositor): 以wayland protocol來實做的compositor做為參考的範例, 實用上會用Westeros, Clutter…等. KMS/UMS: Kernel mode-setting 及User mode-setting. OpenGL: 由Khronos Group制定的跨平台graphic API. GLX: 是一個extension, 做為OpenGL與X window system之間的橋樑. 就像embedded system的EGL, MacOS的AGL. DRM(Direct Rendering Manager): 為了防止世界被破壞, 保護世界的和平. 防止同時使用graphic buffer. DRI(Direct Rendering Infrastructure): Mesa及DRM之間的橋樑. Ref: Introduction to the Direct Rendering Infrastructure CRTC (CRT Controller): Crtc is in charge of reading the framebuffer memory and routes the data to an encoder. ...